The instrument is named for Jean-Pierre Duport, who played it around 1800.
In 1812, Duport permitted Napoleon to handle it; a dent, still visible on the instrument, is said to have resulted from the emperor's incompetent handling of it.
Auguste-Joseph Franchomme set a price record by purchasing it for 22,000 francs in 1843 from Duport's son.
The great 19th-century instrument maker Jean Baptiste Vuillaume used the Duport Strad as the primary model for the approximately three thousand cellos that he built.
In 1812, Duport permitted Napoleon to handle it; a dent, still visible on the instrument, is said to have resulted from the emperor's incompetent handling of it, straddling it with his boots.
The great 19th-century instrument maker Jean Baptiste Vuillaume used the DuportStrad as the primary model for the approximately three thousand celli that he built.
A Stradivarius (or "Strad") is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, especially by Antonio Stradivari.
Their individual qualities are considered worth distinguishing, and a Strad is often identified by the name of someone (often a famous musician) who formerly owned it, or regularly performed on it.
Another famous story is about a StradivariusCello, known as the "Duport" which has the spur marks of Emperor Napoleon, who scratched the cello when he tried to play it.
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